our services
Clients enjoy working with us because we listen, we're professional and we're great communicators. We are totally transparent, and work in a co-design process with our clients to enable their participation in the process.
footsteps guide
Our guide ‘footsteps’ is for individuals and home owners to help explain each of the different RIBA work stages - or ‘steps’ that we can undertake for your project and gives examples of the type of drawings, reports, and information we provide. There are 6 steps in total, and we can fulfil just one, or all of them to suit you.
initial design consultation
the Initial Design Consultation (IDC) takes place on site, and is a great opportunity for us to meet each other, review the context, ask lots of questions, and discuss the project and your brief in more detail.
The meetings usually last around 2-3 hours and we will follow up with a comprehensive summary document incorporating the advice provided in respect of different aspects of the project (planning, cost, time etc), as well as the drawings undertaken, and a detailed Schedule of Fees for us to progress the project with you. We offer this IDC at £500+VAT (this cost is discounted from our work up to planning if you choose to proceed with us).
We’re now also offering the IDC as a way to start your barefoot cabin selection - we’ll give you advice on the different models and sizes, and help you customise the design to best suit your needs and site.
the initial design consultation explained
“Many thanks for your thoughts, your creativity, your advice, your ability to interpret our answers and so much more. We now have a much clearer view of what we want to do and how to take this forward - we couldn’t have done it without you. One of the directors came to the house, looked at the existing layout, found out about how we live in the house and really worked to understand what is important to us. He then sketched out a whole range of ideas. Some of them were challenging, some intriguing, some were safer, some were radical. Throughout this he was listening to our feedback and incorporating our comments. Please mark us as 100% satisfied clients.”
- Barney, Initial Design Consultation client
Clients often ask us how we
structure fees for projects, and we explain that like most architects, we base our costs on the anticipated construction cost, or your budget - so long as it is realistic, not optimistic, for the complexity and scale of the project in question!
services + fees
Our Core Services Include:
Feasibility studies - site assessments and evaluations;
Pre-Application submissions to Local Planning Authorities;
Full Planning Applications for a range of homes, housing and community projects from £150k - £10mil construction cost;
Full Technical design and Building Regulations submissions;
Competitive tendering to a range of known contractors;
Tender analysis, interviews and contractor selection;
Full Contract Administration services during construction;
CDM and Building Regulations Principal Designer services.
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This service provides the strategic and creative ideas that are so valuable to a project at the early stages. Alongside this we produce the work necessary to submit a planning application. Following a planning approval, we provide sufficient technical information about the building to submit an application for Building Regulations. ween the Client and Contractor. Generally, we would only recommend this route to experienced clients or for very simple projects.
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This is our most popular service - it is for overseeing a project all the way through to completion. As well as the ideas that we add at the early stages, we also put a lot of time into designing and specifying the building fabric so as to define the quality of the finished building. The result of this is a comprehensive set of construction information for Contractors to price and follow on site, ensuring a competitive tender process and a smooth, cost-controlled build.
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Over and above the Standard service, this option is for clients who want our input in refining the internal and external details to an extremely high degree, and also allows for more client and on-site meetings. It tends to be helpful for clients who find it difficult to visualise space but want to engage heavily in the design process. We provide full 3D modelling of all the internal and external spaces to assist in our communications with you, which also further enhances the design outcomes.
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We are always happy to tailor and customise services to suit your specific needs, and can combine or work between service packages at different stages.